Major League Baseball Player. For fourteen seasons (1966 to 1979), he played at the first base and third base positions with the Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees. Born George Charles Scott, he attended Coleman High School in his native Mississippi and was signed by Boston as an amateur free agent in 1962. After a three-season period in the Minor Leagues which included a stellar year of 1965, when he belted 25 home runs and yielded a .319 batting average, he marked his Major League debut with the Red Sox on April 12th, 1966. His impact on the league was immediate, as he recorded 27 round trippers with 90 RBIs which was good enough to earn him All-Star status and third place in voting for the American League Rookie of the Year (1966). The following year (1967), he experienced the excitement of a pennant race as Boston captured the American League flag in what became known as the "impossible dream" season. Scott posted 6 hits in 7 games during the 1967 World Series. However, in 1968 his career suffered a statistical setback as he produced an anemic .171 batting average. In spite of this, his defensive skills were among the best of his era as he garnered the second of 8 Gold Gloves during the course of his career. In 1975, he set career-highs while leading the American League with 36 home runs and RBIs with 109 while earning a second trip to the Midsummer Classic as a Milwaukee Brewer. Following his return to the Red Sox in 1977, he topped the 30 home run mark with 33 and achieved All-Star status a third-time. In 1979, he split time with the Royals and Yankees and retired at the end of the season. He compiled 1,992 hits which included 271 home runs with 1,051 RBIs and a lifetime .268 batting average. Scott remained in the sport to serve as a manager in the Mexican and Independent Leagues. Scott is a member of the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and the Boston Red Sox Hall of Fame. He died of complications from diabetes.